The lie, an outside force. A being who’s consciousness is all pervasive, it interferes within the lives of all humans and is the root cause of all woes. A powerful beast filled with malevolence, hate, debasement and cruelty, crushing free will and dominating the willing, called many things, viewed as a personification, Satan, the Devil, Beelzebub, Iblis, etc. this is the Christianised view held as true by so many across the world, promoted by the media and held with a far stronger belief than any concept of the truth of Allah.

Do not believe in Iblis, Allah tells you.

Why would Allah tell you this?

The ignorant will tell you he means do not worship Iblis as your God, and so do not believe what he tells you, or some such non-sense.

The truth is Iblis is your base desire, you feel thirsty, hungry, this is a base desire, the need to quench your thirst or satisfy your hunger, and no matter your course, ultimately you will have to bow to these desires, or perish.

You feel sexual attraction to your partner or the opposite sex in general, this is a base desire, no matter your course, ultimately you will have to bow to your desires, or become sick.

You feel fear at the risk of your life, this fear is a base desire, you will bow to this base desire, or you will face death bravely.

You feel hate for your enemy, this hate is a base desire, you will bow to your desire, or you will rise above your hate.

It is possible to conquer Iblis on many fronts but not on every front, therefore you can never conquer Iblis, and so Iblis will never bow to the will of the family of Adam.

You should not believe in Iblis as a personification, as that Iblis is a fiction, a Christianisation of the concept, this is the belief Allah refers to, do not believe in the personification of Iblis.

The base is the point you start and build upon, as we are nothing but emotional energy, so we can if we chose, exist purely in base emotional energy, engulfed in the basest of thoughts, feelings and actions; obsessed with personal sexual gratification; or the pointless accumulation of personal wealth; or the attainment of power and control over our fellow human beings for your own personal dominance, it can manifest in many ways.

The truth. Iblis is a pervasive force it is integral and essential for every human being, it is the root cause of all woes in the world, it is malevolent, vindictive, hate filled, grows strong and powerful through self debasement, cruelty, fear, it dominates the free will of any who remain wilfully ignorant, a person who refuses truth (non-believer in truth). Its only power beyond any you imbibe within yourself is through the results of the actions you commit.

If you devolve into Iblis it is the removal of free will, as it is a driving force of instinctive lusts, free will is derived from the elevation of your emotional state which creates choice and so free will, it is still your will, but shackled to your overwhelming lusts.

Islam is based on the values and development of the emotional energies within your essence, it is not a system that is based on change happening externally, it is totally focused on internal change, this is a foundation of Islam.